Library Sets
We offer free shipping
WALPOLE, Horace.
A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1806
£425
5 volumes, octavo. Finely bound in full brown calf, with gilt title and infilled box design on spine. Gilt triple rule, and plain decorative tooling on boards. Marbled endpapers....
5 volumes, octavo. Finely bound in full brown calf, with gilt title and infilled box design on spine. Gilt triple rule, and plain decorative tooling on boards. Marbled... Read more
VARIOUS.
A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain. 1792-1807
£950
First editions thus.
14 volumes, octavo (233 ×145 mm). Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt in compartments, brown flecked edges. Engraved title page to each volume. Occasional spotting... Read more
LINGARD, John.
A History of England 1825
£850
Third edition. Inscribed by the publishers to to the top of the title page “With the publisher’s respects.”
14 volumes, octavo (212 ×130 mm). Contemporary tan calf, double morocco labels tan and brown, elaborate tooling to spines in compartments, raised bands, rules to... Read more
QUENNELL, C. H. B. & Marjorie.
A History of Everyday Things in England. 1931
£125
Second edition.
2 volumes, octavo (218 × 140 mm). Contemporary blue calf prize bindings, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, red and tan morocco labels, crest and double... Read more
GROTE, George.
A History of Greece; 1862
£750
A new edition.
8 volumes, octavo (215 × 134 mm). Contemporary tree calf, double morocco labels brown and black, elaborate tooling to spines in compartments, raised bands, roll... Read more
GROTE, George.
A History of Greece; 1888
£600
Originally published between 1846 and 1856, this History of Greece was undertaken as a reply to William Mitford’s history of the same name, which was then considered the...
10 volumes, octavo (182 × 120 mm). Contemporary red half calf, spine gilt in compartments with green morocco labels, marbled sides, endpapers, and edges. Portrait... Read more
WILSON, Woodrow.
A History of The American People. 1902
£1,250
First edition.
5 volumes, octavo. Bound in recent full red morocco, two black title labels to each spine gilt, infilled box design gilt, raised bands, decorative border to boards... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of The English Speaking Peoples. 1956–58
£950
All First Editions, First Impressions.
4 volumes. Octavo. Bound in recent full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Illustrated with maps... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of The English Speaking Peoples. 1956–58
£950
All first editions, first impressions.
4 volumes. Octavo. Bound in recent burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Illustrated with maps and diagrams.... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of The English-Speaking Peoples. 1956–58
£950
First Editions, First Impressions. Churchill’s history of the two branches of the English-speaking nations—the British Empire and the United States—was begun during...
4 volumes. Octavo. Bound in recent full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt. Illustrated with maps and diagrams. Some... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments. [c. 1900]
£2,100
The Luristan Edition. Printed by The Burton Club for subscribers only. Limited to 1000 sets of which this is number 613.
17 volumes, octavo. Finely bound in recent half navy blue oasis, with red leather lettering labels, gilt devices between each raised band, marbled sides, top edge... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights’ entertainments, 1885–88
£9,750
First Edition, the authentic Benares edition, issued in a limited subscription of 1,000 copies. Richard Burton’s celebrated translation “has become the pre-eminent English...
16 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, inset burgundy morocco panels to... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights’ entertainments, [c. 1900]
£2,500
The Samara Edition. Printed by The Burton Club for subscribers only. Limited to 1000 sets of which this is number 653.
17 volumes, octavo. Recent half navy blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, cloth boards, top edge gilt. Frontispiece and illustrations... Read more
MORRIS, Rev. F. O.
A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentleman of Great Britain and Ireland. c.1880
£650
Published originally in parts by Longman, then by D. Banks in Leeds, but ultimately was sold as a subscription work in six volumes in 1880 by William Mackenzie, according to M.C.F....
6 volumes, quarto. Original red morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, pictorial block to boards within gilt rules, inner dentelles, cream endpapers,... Read more
GREEN, John Richard.
A Short History of the English People. 1901
£275
An attractively bound library set of English history.
4 volumes, large octavo (250 × 170 mm). Contemporary red half calf, spines gilt in compartments, green morocco labels to volumes I, II, and IV, brown morocco... Read more
(LINCOLN, Abraham) BEVERIDGE, Albert J.
Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858. 1928
£2,750
The “Manuscript Edition” limited to 1000 copies, each containing a leaf of Beveridge’s original working manuscript. Beveridge had a horror of mistakes and would...
4 volumes, bound “at the Riverside Press” in dark blue full crushed morocco, title gilt to spines, raised bands, gilt strapwork panels to the compartments,... Read more
(BRITISH POETS)
Aldine Edition of the British Poets. 1866
£6,000
52 volumes, octavo. Bound in late 19th-century half calf, with gilt titles, gilt decoration and raised bands on spines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With...
52 volumes, octavo. Bound in late 19th-century half calf, with gilt titles, gilt decoration and raised bands on spines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, top... Read more
(BRITISH POETS)
Aldine Edition of the British Poets. 1883
£3,250
48 volumes, octavo. Green straight-grained half morocco, titles and box design to spines gilt, raised bands, cloth covered boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With...
48 volumes, octavo. Green straight-grained half morocco, titles and box design to spines gilt, raised bands, cloth covered boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.... Read more
SMITH, Adam.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. 1811
£1,350
An early 19th-century edition based upon the text of the third edition and including Smith's preface to that edition.
3 volumes, octavo (210 × 120 mm). Modern tan half calf, red morocco labels to spines, marbled sides, red speckled edges. Internally fresh, a very good set. Read more
HAYWARD, Abraham.
Biographical and Critical Essays. 1858
£125
A nicely bound set of Hayward.
2 volumes, octavo (215 × 135 mm). Contemporary yellow calf, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, green and brown morocco labels, double line ruling to boards... Read more
BYRON, Lord.
Byron’s Life and Works. 1832–4
£875
17 volumes, small octavo. Bound in half tan calf, two black labels, gilt titles and decoration to spine, grey endpapers, marbled boards. Spines slightly worn with some cracking, some...
17 volumes, small octavo. Bound in half tan calf, two black labels, gilt titles and decoration to spine, grey endpapers, marbled boards. Spines slightly worn with some... Read more
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Collected Edition. 1960-1973
£3,500
The Collected or Reset Edition. Waugh was something of a tinkerer when it came to his fiction and numerous different versions exist of most of his works. This edition was conceived...
10 volumes, octavo. Finely bound in recent black morocco, decoration to spines, raised bands, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Several volumes... Read more
LYTTON, Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton.
Collected Works. c.1900
£2,250
The Warwick Edition. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 184.
32 volumes, octavo. Contemporary half blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, blue cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others... Read more
ELIOT, George.
Complete set of George Eliot’s novels in first edition. 1858-1885
£6,000
All first editions. All half-titles present with the exception of Romola. Includes her seven novels, poetry, essays and other literary works, as well as the 3 volumes of her life...
30 volumes, octavo (190 mm × 123 mm). Near-contemporary dark blue half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt.... Read more
WODEHOUSE, P. G.
Complete set of Jeeves and Wooster titles. 1919–74
£4,250
First editions, first impressions, of the complete set of Jeeves and Wooster titles from the first collection, My Man Jeeves (1919), to the last story, Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen...
17 separately published works, octavo (slightly varying sizes: 164 × 100 mm to 192 × 121 mm). Uniformly bound in recent crimson morocco, titles and... Read more
